MAL-2026-15914

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/taskforge-9xv/MAL-2026-15914.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15914
Published
2026-09-04T05:21:00Z
Modified
2026-09-04T05:45:06.398997648Z
Summary
Malicious code in taskforge-9xv (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (1b03d2c3ed0eec654a85d7843b208bdca926027df8dac14aa881f50c21a08f40)

The taskforge CLI, once configured with an origin URL via taskforge setup --origin-server <url>, fetches bytes from <origin>/api/x-handler and pipes them into a detached node - process (spawn(process.execPath, ['-'], {detached:true,...}) with the response body written to stdin). There is no hash, signature, or shape verification — only a >100-byte length gate. The spawned worker records its PID and is respawned on version change, giving whoever controls the configured origin a persistent remote code-execution channel on the host: the served payload can be rotated at will. The package reinforces this shape with cover-story naming (taskforge-9xv with a random suffix, description 'Runtime delivery client (private data layout)'), single-letter/renamed identifiers (edap, dRB, esd, gapid, dl, spn, sPid), a randomized 8-byte-hex data directory under ~/.local/share/taskforge/, and a README stating the directory and filenames are intentionally not descriptive. The origin is caller-supplied rather than hardcoded, but the delivered code runs unchecked in the background regardless of who operates that origin.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-09-04T05:39:33.195674466Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.3.0"
            ],
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-019483",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-04T05:21:00Z",
            "sha256": "1b03d2c3ed0eec654a85d7843b208bdca926027df8dac14aa881f50c21a08f40"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / taskforge-9xv

Package

Name
taskforge-9xv
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Purl
pkg:npm/taskforge-9xv

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.3.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/taskforge-9xv/MAL-2026-15914.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "src/bin.js",
            "tlsh": "c8510f4a1af71835413734aa4b5fe00531b9991327cced98be1c93a4ff91835daa2b8d",
            "sha256": "eef4a0dd00495b9fb1361cfb9a7cfc28fab983a3fb0f0b8061255b450c3a8f7b"
        },
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "3ff0e528d8785d6310c86e64dd695243a630ce8b091d7c1ab7d700ac0f9da7761bd78d",
            "sha256": "365595d068ec22d0352742b884a3e0578bbb49fbaed8fe5d36f24321708ea696"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "taskforge-9xv-1.3.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-oteF9wD6pe5sLKwEtyYnxFxNZ04nOyX7JxxVh5YGVrnfnN9wDRvX17GbKxj2RavxuWNl0WCsWKxwQo388sfn8A==",
                "sha1": "9634126a470a80265841fd9d218585bb1e417359"
            }
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]